Clearfield® Streamlines its Supply Chain with CraftSmart® Fiber Protection Vault for Underground Deployments
22 Enero 2024 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
With an innovative, fresh approach to design,
Clearfield delivers significant shipping cost savings and
eliminates traditional supply chain squeeze
Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD), the leader in community broadband
fiber connectivity, today announced the availability of the
CraftSmart® Fiber Protection Vault, an innovative, new design that
eliminates the current supply chain constraints and delivers a 300%
improvement in shipping and inventory space. The innovative design,
crafted by Clearfield’s internal design team, allows the vaults to
be shipped unassembled and flat packed, which enables shipping
multiple vaults per pallet, dramatically saving up to 67% off
freight, transportation, handling, and storage costs.
“We have been diligently working to improve our supply chain
process so our community broadband customers have the products each
need when needed, so they can meet the deadlines and requirements
for expanding fiber broadband as part of NTIA BEAD and other
federal funding programs,” said Clearfield’s Chief Marketing
Officer, Kevin Morgan. “When we decided to bring the design and
manufacturing of our new vault in-house, we looked at the
opportunity holistically and saw the untapped potential to address
the high cost associated with traditional designs by using a
fundamentally new approach.”
Clearfield’s CraftSmart Fiber Protection Vault is purpose-built
to accept the Clearfield Passive (PON) and Cross Connect cabinets,
offering ordering simplicity for Clearfield Cabinet applications,
and can be assembled in-field in under five minutes. Initial
designs offer the 36”x48”x36” High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Thermoplastic vault with two lid options, a split HDPE lid with
cut-out for Clearfield pedestals and cabinets, and a solid split
HDPE lid for slack cable storage. The vault also allows operators
to mount Clearfield’s new FiberFirst 12” plastic pedestals on the
lid. All tools and materials needed for easy assembly in the field
are included with the packaging.
Orders for the CraftSmart Fiber Protection Vault can be placed
starting now. More information on the CraftSmart Fiber Protection
Vault can be found on the data sheet, this video and at
www.SeeClearfield.com.
About Clearfield, Inc.
Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) designs, manufactures, and
distributes fiber optic management, protection, and delivery
solutions that play a critical role in enabling broadband operators
to close the digital divide. Our labor lite, craft-friendly
platform is leveraged by community broadband, MSOs, incumbent
service providers, ISPs, data centers, military, municipalities,
and coops - from homes passed to homes connected faster and more
efficiently. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Clearfield deploys
more than a million fiber ports each year. For more information,
visit www.SeeClearfield.com.
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Autumn Minnich Connect2 Communications for Clearfield, Inc.
clearfield@connect2comm.com 570.294.6750
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